Testimonials

Thank you for the experience and life changing moment you guys have given me, your hard work and everything you've done for me within the month you's could ever imagine. I am blessed and very appreciative for this wonderful course, y'all have given me to experience. 

Mōrena Jeremy, this is Trish Bathyrons mum.  I hope it's allgood to txt, I just wanted to thank you fullas for the mahi you've done with my son. There was a situation that played out a couple days back involving Bee, I won't go into detail as that's for him to share if and when he chooses to but the way he was able to manage and process his emotions was mindblowing to me. It took me 20+ years to find a therapist who was able to teach me what he learned through you guys in 6 months. He was triggered, lost control, gained control, processed what he was feeling and why and expressed those emotions to the person who put him in that situation, then  released it all,  and all within a 30 minute time frame. His entire process for managing himself has changed and I could not be any prouder of the way he managed that situation. I know this is all due to the mahi you guys did and I thank you, and Lee, very very much. What you've gifted my son will aid him in navigating this lifetime in a more peaceful way, giving him the tools to recognize,  establish and honour his own boundaries, that means more to this mum than any job he could ever get.EnterWrite to Get Me Started Team

Morena wahine ma! Just wanted to pop in and give the mentors and this course one hell of a praise Without coming into this course and meeting @Jaz Topia my life and where I’m at right now wouldn’t even be possible without the support, the pushes to get me past my comfort zone and be a big girl,the patient , courage everything! I’m beyond blessed right now. My life used to be dull and very negative I was so unhappy with myself and was finding it hard to be happy for my girls. One day I woke up and just realised I don’t wanna live like this anymore I wanted to be happy and knew I had to step up and become better for myself and my kids. I started to seek help and as I was a few little coincidences just happened to pass my eye and well here I am lol, better then ever! I learnt what manifestation was and the law of attraction! finding yourself staying grounded , learning that emotional side Of me I didn’t even know existed lol cause if you know me you know I don’t really show emotion or know how to express it.I Accepted my behaviours and the negativity that was stopping me from being the thriving happy mama I am today ! End of the day I’m just so so so incredibly thankful for this course and the wahine Toa I’ve met along the way! my mindset and outlook on my life is and will always stay 100!!!

The best part about the program was their teachings involved maori knowledge, maori way of thinking and influenced my need to reconnect with my whanau who are of Ngati Porou descent –hence I have made the decision to reconnect with my family in Gisborne and help build on my own understanding of who am I as a maori women and where do I come from.

The Mentors of Toitoi Manawa program work with your specific needs, they follow through with their commitments to us as their clients and they are realistic in their approach and teachings

I highly recommend this course to every one. If you're eligible, please get in touch with the Get Me Started Limited team and sign up. Jeremy, Niwa and Rongo helped to bring me back to myself during one of the hardest times of my life.

If you're struggling to get back in to work, they will help you. If you're finding it hard to get motivated enough to get up in the mornings, they will help you. If you're feeling like a failure and want things to change, they will help you. If you're a little bored with everything and love staying at marae and eating amazing food and travelling around Waikato, then this is a great opportunity to get out and do something new. They will help you with all of those things (COVID levels pending etc)!

There need to be more opportunities like those offered on this course, and there need to be more people signing up for such life affirming experiences. This isn't just a work preparation unit run on behalf of MSD, this is an engaging course that will reconnect you with other people going through similar experiences in life. You will be given tools to help you navigate the modern capitalist world, and you will also be given tools to look after your physical, mental and spiritual health. This is what investing in your community looks like, picking up people and showing them their worth.

I came into the course because I thought to myself “what have I got to lose?”. *I also saw it as an opportunity to learn, grow, fill my kete and cup up with more knowledge not only to keep for myself but to share with others*. As a Maori that grew up in a Christian background, I knew that it was an opportunity to allow for me to learn more about myself and Te Ao Maori. Through the course I had grown more appreciation for Te Ao Maori and started my own journey to learning the language. I also learnt skills that helped me grow physically, mentally and emotionally. I learnt how to cope and deal with my emotions and my thoughts. This is significant to me because of the trials I had faced in the past few years. Learning these skills has enabled and empowered me to carry on, push through, be happy and regardless of my situation to remember there’s always something to be grateful for. I had known of and practiced some of these skills prior to starting the programme, now they have strengthened, and I practice this every day.